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Honoring American TroopsMedal of Honor Archive

Acts of valor

Rescue & Lifesaving

Recipients honored for saving others — pulling wounded comrades from fire, rescuing shipmates from the sea or burning wreckage.

Recipients · page 4 of 4

A–Z by last name
HS Henry I. Smith First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 JS John Smith Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1880 TS Thomas Smith Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1878 WS Wilhelm Smith Gunner's Mate First Class · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1916 WS William Ellsworth Snyder Chief Electrician · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1910 JS James Michael Sprayberry First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1968 WS William Bradford Stacy Seaman · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1866 George Evans Stewart Second Lieutenant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 JS James A. Stewart Corporal · Marine Corps Interim 1871–1899 · 1872 FS Fred William Stockham Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps World War I · 1918 ✦ John S. Stokes Chief Master-of-Arms · Navy Interim 1899–1910 · 1899 LS Lester Raymond Stone Jr. Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1969 ✦ Paul Frederick Straub Major Surgeon · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 Kenneth Edward Stumpf Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 JS James F. Sullivan Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1882 JS Joseph Sewell gerrish Sweatt Private · Army Civil War · 1863 RS Robert Augustus Sweeney Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1881 RS Robert Augustus Sweeney Ordinary Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1883 WS William Sweeney Landsman Engineer's Force · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1880 Bernard Taylor Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 ✦ FT Forrester Lore Taylor Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 JT James Allen Taylor First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 JT John Taylor Seaman · Navy Interim 1865–1870 · 1865 Karl Gorman Taylor Sr. Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ JT James Thayer Ship's Corporal · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1879 WT William H. Thompkins Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 HT Henry Thompson Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1878 MT Michael Thornton Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1881 Leo Keith Thorsness Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 Henry Remsen Tilton Major and Surgeon · Army Indian Campaigns · 1877 James W. Toban Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 PT Paul Tobin Landsman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1871 John Roderick Towle Private · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ TT Telesforo De la cruz Trinidad Fireman Second Class · Navy Interim 1915–1916 · 1915 JT Jeremiah Troy Chief Boatswain's Mate · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1882 George Benton Turner Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 AT Alexander Haure Turvelin Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1881 FU Frank Monroe Upton Quartermaster · Navy World War I · 1918 Leon Robert Vance Jr. Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ WV Wilson J. Vance Private · Army Civil War · 1862 Junior van Noy Private · Army World War II · 1943 ✦ MV Miguel A. Vera Private · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦ RV Robert M. Viale Second Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ RW Reidar Waaler Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918 Maurice Wagg Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1862 FW Frank T. o Walker Private · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1900 William Gary Walsh Gunnery Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1945 ✦ GW George Washington Walton Private · Army Civil War · 1864 GW George Henry Wanton Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 Lewis George Watkins Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1952 ✦ AW Albert Weisbogel Captain of the Mizzen Top · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1874 AW Albert Weisbogel Captain of the Mizzen Top · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1876 SW Stephen Welch Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 SW Seth Lathrop Weld Corporal · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1906 BW Bruno Wende Private · Army Spanish-American War · 1898 WW Walter C. Wetzel Private First Class · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ Kyle J. White Specialist · Army Afghanistan · 2007 WW Wilber Elliott Wilder First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1882 EW Edward G. Wilkin Corporal · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ WW Walter J. Will First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ CW Charles Quincy Williams First Lieutenant · Army Vietnam War · 1965 EW Elmer Royce Williams Lieutenant · Navy Korean War · 1952 Louis Williams Seaman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1883 Louis Williams Captain of the Hold · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1884 Matthew O. Williams Sergeant · Army Afghanistan · 2008 Moses Williams First Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 Louis Hugh Wilson Jr. Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 William Gordon Windrich Staff Sergeant · Marine Corps Korean War · 1950 ✦ NW Nels T. Wold Private · Army World War I · 1918 ✦ HW Howard E. Woodford Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1945 ✦ AW Alonzo Woodruff Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 BW Brent Woods Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1881 Kenneth Lee Worley Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦ Raymond Richard "Buzzer" Wright Specialist Fourth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1967 Maximo Yabes First Sergeant · Army Vietnam War · 1967 ✦ Gerald Orren Young Captain · Air Force Vietnam War · 1967 Fred William Zabitosky Sergeant First Class · Army Vietnam War · 1968